MAINT: version bounds for 1.11.0rc1

* the version bounds are easy to mess up--the reference conversation
from the last release is linked below:
#17569

* the adjustment of version strings to include i.e., `rc1` is normally
left to the `REL` commit proper during the release process

meson.build

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ endif
 if not cy.version().version_compare('>=0.29.35')
   error('SciPy requires Cython >= 0.29.35')
 endif
+if not cy.version().version_compare('<3.0')
+  error('SciPy requires Cython < 3.0')
+endif
 
 _global_c_args = cc.get_supported_arguments(
   '-Wno-unused-but-set-variable',

pyproject.toml

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = 'mesonpy'
 requires = [
-    "meson-python>=0.12.1",
-    "Cython>=0.29.35",  # when updating version, also update check in meson.build
-    "pybind11>=2.10.4",
-    "pythran>=0.12.0",
+    "meson-python>=0.12.1,<0.14.0", # already working with 0.13.x series at branch time
+    "Cython>=0.29.35,<3.0",  # when updating version, also update check in meson.build
+    "pybind11>=2.10.4,<2.11.0",
+    "pythran>=0.12.0<0.14.0", # already working with 0.13.x series at branch time
     # `wheel` is needed for non-isolated builds, given that `meson-python`
     # doesn't list it as a runtime requirement (at least in 0.5.0)
-    "wheel",
+    "wheel<0.41.0",
 
     # NumPy dependencies - to update these, sync from
     # https://github.com/scipy/oldest-supported-numpy/, and then
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ maintainers = [
 # Note: Python and NumPy upper version bounds should be set correctly in
 # release branches, see:
 #     https://scipy.github.io/devdocs/dev/core-dev/index.html#version-ranges-for-numpy-and-other-dependencies
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.12"
 dependencies = [
     # TODO: update to "pin-compatible" once possible, see
     # https://github.com/FFY00/meson-python/issues/29
-    "numpy>=1.21.6",
+    "numpy>=1.21.6,<1.28.0",
 ]
 readme = "README.rst"
 classifiers = [

scipy/__init__.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     # In maintenance branch, change to np_maxversion N+3 if numpy is at N
     # See setup.py for more details
     np_minversion = '1.21.6'
-    np_maxversion = '9.9.99'
+    np_maxversion = '1.28.0'
     if (_pep440.parse(__numpy_version__) < _pep440.Version(np_minversion) or
             _pep440.parse(__numpy_version__) >= _pep440.Version(np_maxversion)):
         import warnings

setup.py

@@ -450,9 +450,9 @@ def setup_package():
     #            in N+1 will turn into errors in N+3
     # For Python versions, if releases is (e.g.) <=3.9.x, set bound to 3.10
     np_minversion = '1.21.6'
-    np_maxversion = '9.9.99'
+    np_maxversion = '1.28.0'
     python_minversion = '3.9'
-    python_maxversion = '3.11'
+    python_maxversion = '3.12'
     if IS_RELEASE_BRANCH:
         req_np = 'numpy>={},<{}'.format(np_minversion, np_maxversion)
         req_py = '>={},<{}'.format(python_minversion, python_maxversion)

tools/version_utils.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 MINOR = 11
 MICRO = 0
 ISRELEASED = False
-IS_RELEASE_BRANCH = False
+IS_RELEASE_BRANCH = True
 VERSION = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)